Good Sunday morning everyone. 43 degrees here in Louisville this morning, going for a high of 64 degrees F. today. Slightly cooler temps tomorrow, w/rain coming in sometime tomorrow.
Tom and others, I'm with you: glad to forums are back up.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Breakfast this morning: bagels, bear claws, bacon, sausage, eggs, biscuits & gravy.
Which would you all like for Sunday Dinner:?
a. pizzas
b. fried chicken w/all the trimmings
c. Chinese
d. Italian
Just let me know, and I'll get busy in the kitchen.
My goodness, I hope the site stays up long enough for me to type this. It is a cold one here this morning, -4°F with a windchill of -18°F. It is partly cloudy with still unpleasantly high relative humidity.
Unbelievably, I have almost finished watching the first Curling game of the day. The Canadian Women's Curling championship is being played in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It is in the Atlantic Time Zone, so the first draws start at 6:30 AM MST. There are three games a day now until Thursday. Now that I have my computer set up to receive TV, I will still be able to get things done.
No new news on the RR front beyond the fact that this really cold weather is still shortening train lengths.
Modelcar To any Nascar fans out there....my thoughts on tomorrows race. First off, I wonder about the new proceedure of 1 + 1 nose to tail to make a faster lap, but it looks like a potential for a massive wreck.
To any Nascar fans out there....my thoughts on tomorrows race. First off, I wonder about the new proceedure of 1 + 1 nose to tail to make a faster lap, but it looks like a potential for a massive wreck.
Quentin, at one time I did follow Indy type car racing and to a lesser extent NASCAR, but in the last 15-20 years or so the only race I really try to seriously watch is the Indianapolis 500. I hope you enjoy today's race, and now that I know it is on I will see about flipping channels to see what is going on.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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AgentKid My goodness, I hope the site stays up long enough for me to type this. It is a cold one here this morning, -4°F with a windchill of -18°F. It is partly cloudy with still unpleasantly high relative humidity. Unbelievably, I have almost finished watching the first Curling game of the day. The Canadian Women's Curling championship is being played in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It is in the Atlantic Time Zone, so the first draws start at 6:30 AM MST. There are three games a day now until Thursday. Now that I have my computer set up to receive TV, I will still be able to get things done. No new news on the RR front beyond the fact that this really cold weather is still shortening train lengths. Modelcar: To any Nascar fans out there....my thoughts on tomorrows race. First off, I wonder about the new proceedure of 1 + 1 nose to tail to make a faster lap, but it looks like a potential for a massive wreck. Quentin, at one time I did follow Indy type car racing and to a lesser extent NASCAR, but in the last 15-20 years or so the only race I really try to seriously watch is the Indianapolis 500. I hope you enjoy today's race, and now that I know it is on I will see about flipping channels to see what is going on. Bruce
Modelcar: To any Nascar fans out there....my thoughts on tomorrows race. First off, I wonder about the new proceedure of 1 + 1 nose to tail to make a faster lap, but it looks like a potential for a massive wreck.
Bruce...............In about a half hour we should have the beginning of todays Nascar program. I have no idea who might have the best chance to come to the front on the last lap today.....Just hope we don't have a massive wreck. I'm afraid that pushing a car at 200 mph might get into a fiasco.
The Indy 500 kind of fell out of grace for some recent years as the two sanctioning bodies had gone their separate ways...But now it's back together again, and perhaps it can gain some respect again.
Certainly, Danica Patrick has put some spark into it these last few years. Now she has commited to run some Nascar action too....In fact, she finished 14th in the Nationwide race this weekend.
Quentin
Since no one had any suggestions, I decided to fix a little bit of each of the menu options for this afternoon/evening. For the (a)pizzas, there are two extra large of each kind. The Chinese will be beef fried rice. The Italian will be spaghetti w/meat balls, garlic bread and tossed salad.
Hope you all enjoy your afternoon, take care, and see you all later.
Been a busy citizen these past couple of days: Saw KCS with 2 NS on headend. Grain train going east.
Hawk 1 Train 1 Pigeon 0. Hawk flushed a pigeon, ran it into a coal train, then had to patiently wait until that train and a freight went by before it could retrieve the meal. Definitely meals on wheels.
Went to city park yesterday. Been enjoying the 60+ weather these last few days. Local FD was practicing with a nearby town Vol FD on water rescue. They were all in wet suits and had people with lines attached to them, pulling them in and out. There was still some ice, but around the edges of this 112 acre lake/dam it was water. While they were practicing they were watching a couple of dim bulb young boys out on the ice. They were the only ones out there. The boys were quite a ways from the fire personnel and sure enough, one of them fell in.
He flew out of that water almost as fast as he fell in. And....they both had on only knee-length pants!
The fire dept used hand signals to see if they needed help or rescuing, but the boys sheepishly signaled no - and had to walk about 3/4 of a mile back to their car - on the ice. FD watched them the whole way. Ambient temp about 60 - with stiff south breeze. Wonder if somewhere in that dim bulb of a brain he figured it felt a little cold?
That lake is deep - probably 12 feet at least in the center and it was just renovated, so there is a shelf around the edges and then the drop off. Duh! Double Duh! Fortunately we always carry binoculars, so could follow the free thriller!
Must go see if I can find two owls on the NL webcam. I think that is what the box is meant to be - so furniture should be arriving any day now.
Watched the Helmond nestcam around 6 pm, their time. Dinner was mouse au gratin served on the front porch!. Ugh! Still !!!!
Think I will skip supper tonite!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Ms Mook - while I was watching Sat AM one of the owls spent most of the time with its head poked inside the box. Perhaps thinking about wallpaper patterns or how to arrange the furniture...
Took a visiting firefighter (from SC) for a tour of the river and area today. He bought lunch. At least it was a nice, sunny (and cold - +11F) day. I think the highlight of the trip, though, was a visit to a fire station holding an old Ahrens Fox piston pumper...
I probably mentioned here last year a couple of ice fishermen who walked out to their desired spot only to have it detach from shore and blow across a bay (with them on it). They were rescued by fire department airboat. At least they were dressed for it and didn't fall in. Had to leave their gear on the ice, unfortunately.
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....Wow....Sounds like it's still Winter up in NY. We were lucky this time as the Winter storm that came across yesterday went north of us.
Got nothing of it. 41 degrees here right now. We're to have a roller coaster week for temps. but nothing severe as we've had several times back when we were still in deep Winter. Got rid of all ice and snow.
I wonder what is different with the NL cams that you, Larry, and Jen seem to have no problem getting the multi cams there.....I get number 1 and 2 just fine, but no such luck securing the others....When I try, they just flip thru one after the other.....??
Good Monday morning everyone. And, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Quentin!!
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Here's the breakfast lineup that Quentin gave me for today:
eggs over medium with white toast, bacon and fried potatoes; there's also sausage, biscuits & gravy, bagels and bear claws.
Quentin hope your birthday is the best ever. May you have many happy returns today and always.
Everyone take care and have a good morning.
morning
lots of Ice outside.Matt is on a 2 hr delay but it won't surprise me if he will be closed today.busy night at work last night too.Lights were flickering at work too.going to go to bed.very busy night last night.going to be a busy week.
stay safe
joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Happy Birthday Mr. Q. I will bake a chocolate cake in your honor. But since we live some distance away...well, I am sure you would enjoy it with me!
Happy Birthday Quentin. Seems like the Daytona 500 went a little better than you were expecting. Other than the one big crash, it looked like with the record number of cautions the guys were trying to destroy their cars one and two at a time! I didn't read the TV schedule correctly yesterday, and since the Curling I wanted to watch was on a premium channel so TSN could broadcast the race, I got to see most of it.
At this moment Ontario is playing Prince Edward Island.
I see it is already 24° with a high of freezing today. It is clear but a 15 mph wind is giving us a windchill of 12°.
No new RR news around here today.
Thanks for breakfast CW, and I am going to get back to the Curling.
I'll have the letter C with all the trimminn's , and a fortune cookie please.
Cannonball
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Thank you, all you good forum folks for best birthday wishes.
First off...The nasty Winter others are commenting about, did slide up and over us....Just a bit damp here. 37 degrees now.
Jen...........Enjoy the chocolate cake....That is certainly good, and don't forget chocolate ice cream....My favorite.
CW, hope the diner customers enjoy the straight forward breakfast.
And Bruce, a thanks from way up north....Nascar yesterday: It was a race {in my opinion}, that could not have been predicted...Too many elements were different....Especially the 2 cars running nose to tail....and I believe my thoughts of the wreck potential was actually realized. Many, many top team cars were taken out or badly damaged that they were no longer competitive, or had to drop out completely.
The new track surface...{50,000 tons}, of new surface made racing possibilities different.....Actually we did have several rather nasty wrecks during the course of the race....Hundreds of thousands of dollars in race cars damaged / destroyed....but fortunately, doesn't seem like any major injuries to any dirver.
Personally, I believe they will have to tweak the thought of this push / pull racing...They got away with it on this track {as far as injuries are concerned}, which had lots of grip, but wonder how this kind of racing will behave on other "big" tracks with less grip....{not brand new pavement}.
The 20 year old winner, a new record. Just had a birthday this weekend and earned 1.4 million dollars...! That's awesome. Only his second Sprint Cup race...!! Oh yes....Hardly a scratch on his car.
And the first win for the Wood Bros. in 35 years...! Believe David Pearson was the last driver to give them that win....and we know how long he's been out of the race car...
I didn't know that the Wood Bros. race team was an "arm" of Roush / Fenway Racing now....{That tells part of the tale}. Engines, resources, etc.....
tree68 I probably mentioned here last year a couple of ice fishermen who walked out to their desired spot only to have it detach from shore and blow across a bay (with them on it). They were rescued by fire department airboat. At least they were dressed for it and didn't fall in. Had to leave their gear on the ice, unfortunately.
An airboat certainly sounds like the proper equipment for water rescues especially where there is broken ice. Will mention it to our local fire chief.
Quentin, I also hope the others in here enjoyed the breakfast fare this morning.
Here's the lunch menu Quentin requested (in bold type):
1. Tomato soup w/grilled cheese sandwiches
2. Sloppy Joes w/fries (regular or curly) and choice of cole slaw or garden salad
Desserts:
1. Chocolate ice cream
2. Chocolate cake
3. Apple and Peace cobblers
Any flavor ice cream you want for the cobblers and cake.
Everyone enjoy, have a good afternoon, and I'll be in the kitchen, preparing Quentin's and our dinner/supper menu.
Happy birthday, Quentin! May the day come back many more times, with joy each time!
It's good to know that you folks back east are getting thawed out and can go outside safely again. How are Jean's wrists?
We had a light snow in the valley yesterday morning and again last night; I understand that some of the ski resorts got up to three feet--I did not have to do anything to clean my sidewalk off, but let the latent heat take care of it.
The temperature here was about 30 this morning, but it was much warmer than it was last week when the air temperature was closer to forty--with what was called "breezes" blowing. If the winds were breezes, what would these people call hurricane force winds? There were some places close by with gusts of 80-100 mph recorded. The canyons on the east side (backside of the Rockies, also known as the "Wasatch Front") can have horribly strong winds at times. Out here, in mid-valley, it is usually much more pleasant.
Joe, the schools here were closed Friday and today. When I was going to school ,we had Thanksgiving Day and the day after, and two weeks at Christmas off; no three-day weekends.
Johnny
Thawed? I was at the fire station this morning working on a class for Wednesday night and the wind chill alarm (set for 0F) kept going off.... I lowered the threshold to -5F and it still kept going off...
Had to shovel the driveway this morning.
NASCAR drivers could save a fortune if they just drew straws and let the top 10 or so drivers race for 10-15 laps. There are so many variables in running 500 miles, give or take, that stuff can happen like a favorite can end up wrecked and a relative unknown can win. One blown tire can take out the top 10 positions in seconds.
Not that I care...
Happy Birthday Quentin.
Hope this day finds both you and Jean doing well!!!!!!!
Modelcar
Matt ended up closing today.If this snow keeps up he will be closed tomorrow.Time for chores and to get ready for work tonight.
Larry..........Believe Nascar fans would like a bit more than 10 to 15 laps at the prices for seats in major race facilities. Especially Daytona....! And all the other major Nascar tracks as well....At 200 mph, it doesn't take long to run a lap on such a track as Daytona. And for the winner to accept 1.4 million for winning.....we need to see a bit more racing than the above suggestion.
And again, to others....Thanks for the birthday wishes.
Jean & I headed over to Olive Garden and had a good birthday lunch.
Food, very good. Johnny, Still with the cast for some time yet, but we can't complain.....Cast is bright orange. Her choice. She is doing well as one can expect having an arm in a cast.
Well, I hope our weather guessers know what they're talking about for tonight and in the morning: mostly rain, maybe a few flurries. Always wonder when they say "a few flurries", as that usually means we end up with 3,4,5 inches of said flurries to contend with!
Quentin, hope you saved plenty of room from your lunch; as I now have your birthday supper requests ready and on the serving station:
Fried scallops w/baked potatoes and butter, cole slaw and crackers. And more chocolate ice cream for dessert. (Even made some chocolate chip cookies to go with the ice cream.)
Don't know what the wind gusts are right now, but our snow shovel that stays on the front porch just got blown over. It was hard for Walt to open that front door, as the wind was gusting so hard. Guess it's time we batten down the hatches around here.
Hope I'm feeling better by suppertime here. CW, it sounds like you have a great one ready.
I woke up this morning about 3:45 with a stuffy head and by about 8:30 I had a full on headache. I went a lied down and missed the whole midday game today. This is not the week I want to be ill.
Quentin, I really want to watch the next 500 mile race to see if they have tweaked the rules too much. If age and experience of a driver and team can't beat out a random lucky break by anybody in the field, then NASCAR may have gone too far with these new rules. And yes, performance and safety at a lesser quality track are going to be serious concerns.
Quentin - My suggestion is mostly facetious, and could, at times be applied to other sports. I know the fans would never go for it - I mean, how many wrecks can you have in 10 laps?
Happy Birthday, by the way!
Bruce - Pure dumb luck has everything to do with NASCAR racing. As I said before, one blown tire or bump & spin out can take out any number of cars for the race, leaving the field open for that long shot that was stuck back in the middle of the pack to take home the trophy.
Looks like Joe's weather is going to stay south of us, held there by the cold air mass that's sitting on top of us right now.
On da road again....This time in beautiful downtown Portland, CO. Portland & sister town Concrete no longer have a residential population....all a cement plant now (Holcim) .Everybody goes home to elsewhere here on the east approach to the Royal Gorge and Tennessee Pass. Saw RRRR and UP today working the plant.
PDN: Working on replacing a river bridge with the ultimate in emergency belts & suspenders technology. How about a 90+ year old rivetted steel truss bridge with a failing deck (in-between the top & bottom chords) with a Bailey Bridge (portatable temporary bridge) erected on top of the bridge deck. ???? A narrow two lane bridge is now a one lane gauntlet controlled by traffic signals.
Good Tuesday morning everyone. 39 degrees here in Louisville this morning, w/patchy drizzle. Supposed to drop a couple of degrees, then climb to our "high" today of 45.
Mudchicken, sounds like you've got your work cut out for you. How's Gus doing? Hope he's doing better.
Coffee, juices and other morning beverages are fresh and ready to go. Regular breakfast fare on the serving station.
Everyone have a very good morning, and I'll see you this afternoon, after I get through with the Tuesday Produce/Bread, Pastry Trucks. Take care!
matt is closed again today.we recieved about 5 inches of new and blowing snow.took care of what mother nature and the plow driver left behind.time for bed.matt and I will be doing chores later.
Good morning. 17°F, 8 mph wind, giving us a windchill of 7°. But it is snowing. I don't know how that happened, I missed the forecast of snow completely. We are looking at an inch today. I am paying too much attention to the Curling.
I see there has been very cold weather north and east of here which is impacting train lengths and schedules.
Back to Curling on the TV.
Hope everyone has a good day.
We're bright overcast this morning with {I'll count it}, a half inch of precip...It's white, so we'll call it snow, but it was partly sleet, freezing rain and big snow flakes from yesterday.
No extremes in temps....Earlier it was 24 degrees, and I haven't checked since then.
Have been over on the NL cam{s}, watching people going home from work on bikes, motor scooters, and of course cars....In a short time saw 2 local commuter type trains and one long distance train, and it was really flying thru that intersection. {My guess, about 80 mph}.
Again tried to check on the other 6 or 7 cams and {the multi}, position produced a continously rotating of them all in one window. Occasionally, they stop rotating and stop on one cam. Noted 2 birds at the one cam.
No snow there.....Do they really get snow there....Certainly has no elevation....{no mountains}.
Have witnessed several trains over on the Roanoke cam this morning too....Wish that one had audio....
Well, produce was a no go. They called, said the truck wasn't coming (no reason given). When the people in the gym were told, it was a mass exodus with most of the people leaving. We had 69 people on the list for today, with only about 15 people staying for the Bread/Pastry truck.
Joe, I wondered about you all this morning, if Matt would have school, etc. I haven't seen any flurries, but the wind has a definite bite to it.
For lunch/supper (dinner), we have:
1. Burritos, tacos, Spanish rice, enchiladas and quasadillas.
2. Country fried steak w/steak fries or baked potatoes, your choice of broccoli or green beans or peas, fresh baked biscuits or dinner rolls and garden salad.
Hope everyone is keeping warm this afternoon. Take care, and I'll see you all later.
afternoon
sunshine has peeked out this afternoon.It helps melt the ice of the sidewalk along with some salt.Crews have done a great job on our road so Matt should have school tomorrow.Need to go back and do more chores and get ready for work.Cw thanks for supper tonight.
Joe
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